Putting a lifetime of gear design experience to work for you!

Beyta Gear Service is the engineering consultating firm of Charles D. Schultz. Charles has been active in the gear industry since 1971 in a variety of technical, sales, and management positions. These assignments have given him a very wide exposure to the trade, including all sizes and types of custom gear products. His designs are at work in applications ranging from small medical devices to lock and dam machinery. Mr. Schultz is a proud consulting member of the American Gear Manufacturers’ Association. In addition to publishing a short book on gears, Charles has had columns published in leading industry magazines, presented a paper at the American Gear Manufacturers’ Association Fall Technical Meeting, and taught seminars on gears and heat treating. Besides custom and catalog gearboxes he has designed and directed the construction of special gear cutting machines and heat treating equipment. With the establishment of Beyta Gear Service in August 2008 Charles is ready to put his experience to work on your project.

Job History

Duties included designing custom gearboxes; supervising the design engineering, industrial engineering, and tool engineering departments; designing two gear gashing machines, assisting in the design of two induction hardening machines, designing a 35,000 gallon quench system, laying out new manufacturing facilities, designing tooling systems, preparing quotes for gearboxes, instructing co-workers on gearing and heat treating, and working with the sales force to develop new accounts.

June 1996 to June 2004Brad Foote Gear Works, Inc.Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaVice-President of Engineering

Duties included design of standard and custom gearboxes, reverse engineering of gearboxes, supervision of gearbox rebuilding operations, supervision of industrial engineering, cost estimating, management of quality control, and general management of the plant after 2002. Notable accomplishments included development of a new line of catalog parallel shaft gearboxes, the design and construction of over 200 custom gearboxes, and rebuilding of several hundred other gearboxes.

June 1989 to June 1996Milwaukee Gear Company/Milwaukee Drive SystemsMilwaukee, WisconsinManager of Manufacturing Engineering – Manager of Product DevelopmentVice-President and General Manager [MDS]

Duties included supervision of (13) engineering department employees, cost estimating, design of custom gearing and gearboxes, sales support, vendor development, project management, and bottom line responsibility for the Drive System Division. Notable accomplishments included the development of electrically driven twin screw extruder gearboxes, wind turbine gearboxes, and the training of many new manufacturing engineers.

1985 to April 1989Quaker City Gear WorksHuntington Valley, PennsylvaniaVice-President of Engineering and Marketing

Duties included cost estimating, design of custom and standard gearboxes, field service, shop floor engineering, quality control training, and direct customer liaison. Notable accomplishments included development of a new line of catalog gearboxes and the creation of computer programs for gear design, rating, manufacturing, and cost estimating.

Duties included preparation of drawings, working in many shop floor departments, test operation, and product design & development. Notable accomplishments included developing a method for strength balancing for carburized gears.

Education

Milwaukee Area Technical College [Academic Apprentice of the Year 1973]Marquette University 1972 to 1978 [Evening Division, 12 credits short of BSME degree, 3.5 of 4 GPA]Licensed Professional Engineer in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania

Publications

In addition to publishing a short book on gears, Charles has had columns published in leading industry magazines, presented a paper at the American Gear Manufacturers’ Association Fall Technical Meeting, and taught seminars on gears and heat treating. He currently writes for the Gear Technology blog.